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Frank Meeink

Born: in Philadelphia, PA
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Frank lived in Springfield prior to his confinement in an Illinois prision.

Biography: Frank’s violent childhood in South Philadelphia primed him to hate, while addiction made him easy prey for a small group of skinhead gang recruiters. By sixteen he had become one of the most notorious skinhead gang leaders on the East Coast, and by eighteen he was doing hard time. Teamed up with African-American players in a prison football league, Frank learned to question his hatred, and after being paroled he defected from the white supremacy movement and began speaking on behalf of the Anti-Defamation League


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Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction; Other

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Website: http://frankmeeink.com
Frank Meeink on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=frank+meeink


Selected Titles

Autobiography of a recovering skinhead :
ISBN: 097901882X OCLC: 427541701

Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead is Frank Meeinks raw telling of his descent into Americas Nazi underground and his ultimate triumph over drugs and hatred. Franks violent childhood in South Philadelphia primed him to hate, while addiction made him easy prey for a small group of skinhead gang recruiters. By 16 he had become one of the most notorious skinhead gang leaders on the East Coast and by 18 he was doing hard time. Teamed up with African-American players in a prison football league, Frank learned to question his hatred, and after being paroled he defected from the white supremacy movement and began speaking on behalf of the Anti-Defamation League. A story of fighting the demons of hatred and addiction, Frank's downfall and ultimate redemption has the power to open hearts and change lives. Recounts the author's youth as a violent skinhead, leading a notorious white supremacist gang in Philadelphia before he reconciled his racism in prison and, once released, fought to spread tolerance with the Anti-Defamation League.

Autobiography of a recovering skinhead :
ISBN: 9780979018893 OCLC: 759836713

Hawthorne Books, Portland, Or. : [2010], ©2009.

 

 

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